As Dubai police get a Porsche 918, here are their greatest cop cars

It’s been a while since we last heard from the automotive wing of the Dubai law enforcement community. With the Dubai motor show starting this week, we figured the famously flush constabulary would’ve taken the opportunity to add something else to its fleet. A LaFerrari, maybe. Or the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
 
Until this morning, we thought keeping the Veyron in fuel had taken its toll on the Dubai rozzers’ budget. But no, for it’s just unwrapped its latest acquisition: an 874bhp, near-£800,000 Porsche 918 Spyder. Nice. 

Decked out in the now familiar white and green livery, we suspect that, like the force’s other flagships motors, the 918 will be used mostly for promotional duties, and patrolling tourist-heavy hotspots. Don’t expect to see it involved in any (very) high-speed pursuits anytime soon. Boo. 
 
The coming of motor show also gave Dubai’s finest the perfect excuse to trot out their existing über-deterrants, and us the perfect excuse to remind ourselves of why the minted city's police force has unquestionably the most outrageous fleet anywhere in the world.

Click the big arrow to have a look at some – and by no means all – of their more eclectic assets…

Images: @DubaiPoliceHQ

Forcing the car criminals of Dubai into Hennessey Venoms since 2014.

Ideal for pursuing particularly flamboyant, flame-fearing criminals. Less than ideal if they escape down a narrow road.

Stripped of its livery, the i8 would make a mightily effective undercover pursuit vehicle. It’s not like you’d hear it coming…

Four-wheel drive, for all that snowy weather Dubai so famously endures…

Some say the police bought a Conti GT to infiltrate a secretive gang of criminal UAE footballers. All we know is this is a completely made-up fact.

For the pursuit of caddish British expats to the soundtrack of a caddish British V12.

It’s not all perfectly smooth highways in Dubai. Think of the dunes…

Adept at pursuing criminals who choose to escape in ever-widening concentric circles.

Four-wheel drive security. For fans of high security.